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July 2012
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Review: Portal Of I
from Ne Obliviscaris
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Josh Rundquist (That Drummer Guy)
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Australia has really had a prog metal revival in the last few years with such bands breaking
through to the states such as Karnivool and Dead Letter Circus, which are both on the
poppier, Tool influenced style of prog.
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Ne Obliviscaris on the other hand... is a completely different story. Ne Obliviscaris
is what needed to happen to progressive death metal. Opeth, meets the black metal of
Emperor, meets prog of Dream Theater, and meets the atmosphere of Alcest.
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To me, this is an absolute winning combination right off the bat with the first song, Tapestry of
the Starless Abstract covers the full gambit of what this band is all about. From black metal
blast beats, to the violin driven melodies, to their beautiful acoustic guitar work, it's the most
mind-blowing ending to a song I've ever heard. And Plague Flowers The Kaleidoscope is my
first impression from the band, an 11 minute plus song that starts with a two minute violin solo
followed by their true love of Opeth style progressive death metal. The odd ball of the whole
album is the song, As Icicles Fall, a song that is still very much in their style, but also
a song that could be on modern metal radio (if edited for length of course).
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Every song on this album is pure, unadulterated perfection. It grabs at your heartstrings and makes
you feel just as much as it makes you headbang and feel metal. It happens on a couple albums every
year for me, but so far only Alcest's Les Voyages de l'ame had made me feel
real emotion and true passion this year, until now. Portal Of I is everything I'm looking for
in a metal album and a whole lot more.
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This album will be taking the metal world by storm and will be hitting a lot of people's top ten
lists this year, if not hitting the number one position.
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I will go on record saying this is my favorite album of the year so far, and it will take a lot, and
I mean a lot to knock this out of my number one spot. Best underground discovery of
2012!
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